LOS ANGELES — The Fate of the Furious debuted in super-high gear this weekend, taking in US$100.2 million on North American screens and roaring to record global revenues of more than a half-billion dollars, industry analysts estimated on Sunday.

Exhibitor Relations said the latest chapter in Universal Studio’s Fast and Furious series accounted for nearly two-thirds of North American revenues over the three-day Easter weekend, leaving previous frontrunner The Boss Baby, a Fox/DreamWorks animation, in its dust with just $15.5 million in sales.

Behind megastars Vin Diesel and Dwayne The Rock Johnson, the latest Furious film opened exceptionally well in the rest of the world.

Led by China, which set a three-day record of $190 million, the film brought in $432.3 million in some 60 countries.

It was the No 1 film everywhere, website BoxOfficeMojo.com reported.

The $532.5 million global debut, once North American revenues added in, would break the record of $529 million held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

It would also surpass such other box-office monsters as Jurassic World ($524.9 million) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($483.2 million).